Stratford's doors reopened on Monday, 31st August with our 5th Year students arriving in the morning and our 6th Year students in the afternoon! Our 3rd Year and TYs came in on Tuesday at their respective times. We welcomed our new 1st Years on Wednesday morning and our 2nd Years in the afternoon.
We are thrilled to have our students back in school. While we have all been learning how to navigate the school in a one-way system and all the new protocols, the most beautiful sound has been the hum of students chatting amongst each other and with teachers. All the technology in the world can't beat that!
The 1st years completed a zombie lab today where they used their scientific methods and thinking to identify patient zero from the zombie suspects. Using measuring skills, pH, observation skills and much more they successfully identified the source of the outbreak!
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The TY Horticulture class were out in the Autumn sunshine planting Spring bulbs using the chaos planting method. This is when a multitude of different spring bulbs (Hyacinths, Daffodils, Tulips, Crocuses, Narcissi) are mixed together and randomly planted so that we have a mixture of flowers and patterns emerging in the spring. It mimics nature and so is more enticing to pollinators and native insects that need the food in Spring.
Stratford is celebrating Maths Week 2026 (12th - 18th October) with daily activities around the school, at breaktimes and in Maths classes! The tutor-time daily quiz is proving to be extremely competitive as each form group tries to solve it and then run to find Ms Matthews in order to win the box of chocolates!
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